Skyline Releases Fall Weekly Report #8

Oct 22, 2013

- Sickles named Player of the Week, Signore and Gannon named
Rookie's of the Week -

New York, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference
released the Fall weekly report #8 on Monday, October 21, including
Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference
statistics for men's and women's cross country, men's and women's
soccer, women's tennis and women's volleyball.

Men's Golf
Update

Farmingdale State captured their sixth straight conference
championship after a school record two day team-total of 585 at the
Bethpage State Park - Red Course. The Rams are now headed to the
2014 NCAA Division III Championships at Grandover Resort in
Greensboro, N.C. on May 13-16.

Senior Adam Larkin (Bellmore, N.Y.) earned medalist honors after
a two day total of 143 and sophomore Scott Sessions (Pleasantville,
N.Y.) was runner-up finishing two strokes behind Larkin.

The Rams finished the regular season with a perfect 5-0 mark in
Skyline Conference play and earned the #1 seed and home court
advantage for the playoffs.

Junior Jessica Sickles
(Massapequa Park, N.Y.) was named Skyline Conference Player of the
Week. Sickles went 3-1 at #1 singles and posted a perfect 4-0 mark
at #1 doubles as Farmingdale State tallied conference wins over
Purchase (8-1), St. Joseph's (7-2) and Yeshiva (9-0). Sickles
notched 6-0, 6-1 wins against both Purchase and Yeshiva and earned
a 6-2, 6-1 victory versus St. Joseph's.

Freshman Priscilla Signore
(Staten Island, N.Y.) earned Skyline Rookie of the Week honors. She
compiled a 3-1 record at #2 singles and a 4-0 mark at #1 doubles to
earn her fourth Rookie of the Week honor of the season. Signore
notched a 6-0, 6-3 win versus Purchase as the Rams clinched the
Skyline regular season crown. She also earned straight-set
victories against Yeshiva and Brooklyn.

The women's tennis team will host the Skyline Conference
Semifinals on Wednesday, October 23rd.

Farmingdale State earned three conference wins this week and
improved to 7-0 in the Skyline.

Freshman forward Alena Gannon (North
Babylon, N.Y.) was named Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week.
Gannon tallied three goals on seven shots over two contests as she
earns her second Rookie of the Week honor in 2013. She scored a
pair of goals in a 10-0 win against NYU-Poly and added a goal in
the Rams' 4-0 victory over Purchase. Gannon now has six goals on
the season.

Sophomore forward Ashlee Thompson
(Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) was named to the Player of the Week Honor Roll.
She scored four goals on 12 shots in a 3-0 week for the Rams.

The women's soccer team next will host NYU on Senior Day on
Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. and travel to Mount Saint Mary to close out
the regular season on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

The women finished seventh and the men finished ninth at the St.
Joseph's Invitational held at Sunken Meadow State Park.

Senior Melissa Bonilla (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) and freshman
Jacob Kashani (Roslyn, N.Y.) were each named to the Honor Roll.
Bonilla placed 15th overall (22:30.3) and Kashani (30:59.1) was the
top Farmingdale State finisher for the fourth consecutive race.

This week the Rams will travel to Van Cortlandt Park for the
Skyline Championship on Sunday.